Scaffold for Regenerative Organization of Prosthetic Organ Tissue and Method

Abstract

Prosthetic scaffold for regenerative organization of organ tissue for organ function supplementation or replacement and a method for making the prosthetic scaffold by physical vapor deposition of same.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A regenerative organ tissue scaffold, comprising a plurality of compartments organized in a three-dimensional array, each of the plurality of compartments being in physiological and/or biological communication with each other along at least two axes of the three-dimensional array; and a plurality of channels communicating along a Z-axis of the three-dimensional array configured for vascular supply and/or drainage from each of the plurality of compartments in the three-dimensional array. 
     
     
         2 . A method of making a regenerative organ tissue scaffold, comprising the steps of physical vapor depositing at least two of a plurality of compartments; assembling the at least two of a plurality of compartments into a three-dimensional array; and forming a plurality of channels communicating a Z-axis of the three-dimensional array configured for vascular supply and/or drainage from each of the plurality of compartments in the three-dimensional array.